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Thursday, April 10, 2003 |
 R.W. 'Johnny' Apple writes: "...projecting strength is not the same as making friends or enhancing national security. The standing of the United States has perhaps never been lower among Islamic nations and nations with restive Islamic minorities than it is today. American esteem has also fallen across much of Europe.
" The Iraqi war itself, American alliances with Arab governments considered corrupt or tyrannical by their own people, strong American backing for Israel and perceived American indifference to the Palestinian cause have all combined to tarnish the American image, most importantly in the Middle East.
"...a hardening of Islamic and Arab resentment into hatred could foster rather than retard terrorism. Much will depend on how Iraq's future unfolds and whether, as Lord Owen, the former British foreign secretary, argued recently, this spring's events lead to "a real rearranging of the diplomatic furniture in the Middle East" and progress on a Palestinian state.
"... Somehow — through the distribution of aid, through a hundred wise decisions and a thousand generous gestures — the United States must change minds in the months ahead. The most experienced hands in Washington are betting that it will be a harder job, and a longer one, than the military campaign now near an end." Well considered, well-expressesd... |
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The New Iraq: consultant Joseph Braude writes that his book about rebuilding Iraq is now available, and has a Web site. Braude, born into an Iraqi-Jewish family, was educated at Yale and Princeton. He seems to think rebuilding Iraq is possible, but will be difficult... Comments 12:28:50 PM 
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Thomas Friedman: "It's hard to smile when there's no water. It's hard to applaud when you're frightened. It's hard to say, "Thank you for liberating me," when liberation has meant that looters have ransacked everything from the grain silos to the local school, where they even took away the blackboard."
Bush & Co. have taken on a huge responsibility - the safety, peace and prosperity of the current generation of Americans will sensitively depend on how well they execute that responsibility. Any society is complex, and Arab societies are both complex and hard for Americans to understand. Of revolutions, it has been said "it's easy to smash a watch, putting it back together takes time and a quiet place to work": the same applies to current circumstance... |
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BBC news producer, Iraq landmine victim Stuart Hughes 'blogs the amputation of his foot: Dan Gillmor comments. Pointer from Boing Boing... amazing stuff on Hughes' blog... Comments 10:29:06 AM
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Updated 4/16/04; 12:32:24 PM
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Chris Gulker'sUpdated 4/16/04; 12:32:24 PM
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